Troyes have won 14 points playing as the home team. Nantes have claimed 13 points as the visiting team. Could we look at anything else than a home win?
- Troyes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligue 1
Troyes form and stats
Troyes have played 7 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Troyes has racked up an amazing five draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
Troyes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Brest (1-2). Lopes, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.11 (out of 10). Lopes hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Brest.This is expected to be a close game, with Troyes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Troyes as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Troyes has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Some stats: A review of the 13 latest league games shows that 12 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Troyes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Nantes form and stats
There's been little loot from Nantes's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Ligue 1. Nantes only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Nantes delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Ajaccio (placed 18th) in their previous game. Nantes's last match (vs Ajaccio) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 89th minute equalizer by Simon. Mohamed, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Mohamed served one assist and hit one key pass.
A draw for Nantes before that, at their own venue hosting Ajaccio (2-2).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Nantes in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Nantes, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Auxerre in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nantes as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Nantes struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Troyes three wins, one draw and Nantes six victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Simon 5 goals |  M. Abdallah 4 goals |
Troyes missing players
Nantes missing players
| Troyes | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 26 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 31 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 80% |
| 73% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 60% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.2 | 16.3 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 34% | 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | 28% |
| 13.9 | 13.7 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 13.9 | 13.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
- All of Troyes's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nantes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nantes have the fewest points (3) away in Ligue 1
- Nantes have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have yet to win a game away.
- Troyes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Troyes have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 1
- Troyes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1
- Troyes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 34 | 41 |
| 2 | Lens | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Rennes | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Lorient | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Monaco | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Lille | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Nice | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Clermont | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Reims | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Troyes | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Nantes | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Brest | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
